The other day we talked about the fact that Gameloft's next installment into the Asphalt racing series of games had been delayed and that the August 8th, 2013 release date given during the Google Nexus 7 event wasn't an exact nor official release date. That was some bad news but today we have some good news with Gameloft announcing the actual release date for the game via their Twitter account.

According to a tweet from the Gameloft Twitter, Asphalt 8: Airborne will be landing on Android (and iOS) on August 22nd, 2013. The new Asphalt game sports all new graphics thanks to the company using a new engine to developed the game with, real-time multiplayer and a plethora of other features to look forward to playing around with.

So, for those of you waiting for Asphalt 8: Airborne, you'll only have to wait seven more days before you get your hands on it.

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